Snare strainer



Dec. 7 1926.

C. H. STRUPE SNARE STRAINER F'iled Nov. 14. 1923 WHEH INVENTOR 6m! 11 Straps,

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

UNITED STATES CECIL STRUIE, Oi IIIDIhNAIiOIiIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO LEEDY MANUFACTUR- ING GO IMPANY, OF ILIDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION. OF INDIANA.

SNARE te it Apglica tion f led Noyember 14, Serial tic. 674 ,64 5

permit the ready'exchangefof snares.

The accompanying. drawings illustrate my invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a drum equipped with my. improvement; Fig. 2 a side eleulation, about full si 'fqr manipulating portion of my improyed snare holder; Fig. 3 anelevatoin at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a fragmentary section 6115111164 4 of Fig. 8; Fig. 5 a central vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 a fragmentary elevation of the support for the opposite end of the snares.

In the drawings 10 indicates a main supporting bracket, adapted to be secured to the shell of the drum and most conveniently formed by a sheet metal stamping having a vertical guide slot 11 and a screw-supporting ear 12. .Journalled in ear 12 is an adjusting screw 13 threaded into a post 14 which is slidably mounted in slot 11. Pivoted upon post 14 is a toggle link 15 provided with a finger piece 16 by which it may be manipulated. Pivoted to toggle link 15 is a second toggle link 17 which is also pivoted to a sliding snare-carrying plate 18, which is provided with a longitudinal slot 19 extending clear to the bottom of the plate and through which post 14 is projected. Post 14 is retained against longitudinal separation from the main support 10, by a washer 20 engaging the inner face of support 10 adjacent its slot 11. The upper end of the snare-carrying plate 18 is projected through slot 11 and provided with laterally extended ears 21 which co-operate with support 10 to retain. plate 18 against lateral displacement. The lower end of plate 18 is turned inwardly and perforated at 22, in the usual manner, to receive the snares 23.

Link 17 is shouldered at an intermediate point as indicated in Figs. 2, 4 and 5, so as to limit the throw of link 15 relative thereto, to the two extremes shown in Figs. 2 and 4 respectively, the construction being such that, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 4., the toggle is broken to one side of its neutral sufficiently to permit the tension of the snares to retain thepartsin that position.

\Yith the parts in the position shown. in Figs'l and 4, the snares are. strained against thehead or the drum 25 andthe desired tension i s obtained by an adjustment of the post. 14 inslotll by means or screw 13. By ressing downwardly on the outer end of Engelpice 16 the toggle 15:17 is broken in the opposite direction sov that the parts may move, to, the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 thus permitting thefsn ares to drop away fromthehead of the 6.1111111. The snares may be immediately returned to headrellgaging position by a movement of finger piece 16 to the position shown in Fig. 4.

To remove the snares from the drum, screw 13 is turned enough to separate post 14 therefrom, whereupon the post and the snare-carrying plate and other parts associated therewith may be withdrawn from the support 10, and the snares removed from the drum, the opposite ends of said snares being conveniently carried by a support secured to the shell of the drum.

I claim as my invention:

1. A snare strainer comprising a supporting bracket, a snare engaging plate slidably mounted on said bracket, an abutment post slidably associated both with the bracket and the plate, a connection between said post and bracket by means of which the post may be adjusted relative to the bracket, and a connection between the post and snareengaging plate by which said plate may be quickly shifted relative to the post and bracket.

2. A snare strainer comprising a support-- ing bracket, a snare engaging plate slidably mounted on said bracket, an abutment postslidably associated both with the bracket and the plate, a connection between said post and bracket by means of which the post may be adjusted relative to the bracket, and a tog-- gle connecting said post and snare engaging plate and provided with a manipulating finger piece.

3. A snare strainer comprising a main bracket longitudinally slotted by a slot open at one end, an abutment post slidably mounted in said slot and extractable from the open end thereof, an adjusting screw separably connecting said bracket and post, a

snare-carrying plate slidably associated both with the bracket and the post, and means connecting said post and plate by which the plate may be quickly shifted relative to the post.

4. A snare strainer comprising a main bracket longitudinally slotted, an abutment post slidably mounted in said slot, an adjusting screw connecting said bracket and post, a snare carrying plate slidably associated both with the bracket and the post, and means connecting said post and plate by which the plate may be quickly shifted relative to the post.

5. A snare strainer comprising a slotted bracket, an adjusting screw journaled in said bracket parallel with the slot, a snare plate slidably mounted on the bracket and interlocking with the slot, a nut threaded to receive the adjusting screw and having a shank projected through a slot in the snare plate and the slot in the bracket and axially interlocked with the bracket, a toggle link journaled on said shank, a second toggle link journaled on the snare plate and pivotally connected to the first toggle link, and a finger piece carried by one of said toggle links. l

6. A snare strainer comprising a main bracket longitudinally slotted by a slot open at one end, an abutment post slidably mounted in said slot and extractable from the open end thereof, an adjusting screw separably connecting said bracket and post, a snare-carrying plate slidably associated with the bracket and post, and a toggle connecting the post and plate, and provided with a manipulating portion.

7.1L snare strainer comprising a main bracket longitudinally slotted, an abutment post slidably mounted in said slot, an adjusting screw connecting said bracket and post, a snare-carrying plate slidably associated with the bracket and post, and a toggle connecting the post and plate, and provided with a manipulating portion.

In witness whereof, I, CECIL H. STRUPE, have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 9th day of November, A. 1)., one thousand nine hundred and twentythree.

CECIL H. STRUPE. 

